From 9b88389b390e1924e0b5459fe10cdcbda518b45e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WyattBlue <wyattblue@auto-editor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 21:04:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Write changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.rst | 6 ++++--
 av/about.py   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d89ead006..83dee5c8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ We are operating with `semantic versioning <https://semver.org>`_.
     - Bug fixes (PATCH) go here. 
     - $CHANGE by :gh-user:`mikeboers` in (:pr:`1`).
 
-v17.0.2 (next)
+v17.1.0 (next)
 --------------
 
 Features:
+- Use FFmpeg 8.1.1 in the binary wheels.
 - Expose ``AVCodecContext.global_quality`` by :gh-user:`WyattBlue` in (:pr:`2246`).
 
 Fixes:
-
+- Add ``cython.final`` to leaf classes, ensuring that they are not subclassed.
+- Warn that ``CodecContext.decode()`` is not memory safe in some cases.
 
 v17.0.1
 -------
diff --git a/av/about.py b/av/about.py
index 4fe5d9474..e16231267 100644
--- a/av/about.py
+++ b/av/about.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "17.0.2pre"
+__version__ = "17.1.0pre"